[Event "US Championship, New York"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1936.04.25"] [Round "?"] [White "George Treysman"] [Black "Weaver Adams"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D09"] [Annotator "Stockfish 16"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "1936.04.25"] {D09: Albin Counter Gambit} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 {In my database statistically this move is neither better nor worse than other alternatives.} 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 {Reshevsky's 5. a3 preventing ...Bb4 is a good alternative.} Be6 {Black gets better results with 5...Nge7} 6. Nbd2 Bb4 7. Qc2 Nge7 8. a3 (8. Bg2 Ng6 9. O-O Qd7 10. Nb3 Bf5 11. Qd1 d3 12. e3 {Complicated, but equal. Ulibin,M (2515)-Pettersson,A (2258) Norrkoping SWE 2012}) 8... Bxd2+ (8... Bf5 9. Qa4 Bxd2+ 10. Bxd2 O-O 11. Bg2 {equals. Kazhgaleyev,M (2596)-Sagalchik,G (2487) playchess.com INT 2004}) 9. Bxd2 Ng6 10. Bf4 (10. Bg2 O-O 11. Ng5 d3 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qxd3 Qxd3 14. exd3 Ngxe5 15. Bxc6 bxc6 {White is much better. Wojtaszek,R (2219)-Jeremejev,A Artek 2000}) (10. Ng5 {is also a good alternative.} Ngxe5 11. f4 Ng4 (11... Ng6 12. Qe4 O-O (12... Qd7 {White is winning.}) 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Qxe6+ {White is muvh better.}) 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Bh3 Nf6 14. Bxe6 {with an excellent position.}) 10... Qe7 11. Bg2 Qc5 {Black has targeted the e-Pawn, but his Q is not well placed here.} (11... O-O-O 12. O-O Nxf4 13. gxf4 Qd7 14. Ng5 {offers black equal chances.} Bf5) 12. Rc1 a5 { Now realized he can’t take the e-Pawn. 12...a5 prevents the Q from being chased away.} (12... Ngxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. b4 Qd6 15. c5 {and black loses the N.}) 13. O-O O-O {He still can’t capture the e-Pawn} (13... Ngxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Qd6 (16... Qxb4 17. Bxe5) 17. c5 {as before.}) 14. Ng5 Rad8 {Black dare not try and chase the N away with 14... h6} (14... h6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qxg6) 15. Be4 Rfe8 16. h4 {Typical of Treysman's coffeehouse style...he is going all out for an attack.} (16. Nxe6 Rxe6 17. Bd5 Ree8 18. Qf5 Kh8 19. Bxf7 {was an excellent alternative.}) 16... Ncxe5 {Now this capture is safe and black has equalized/.} 17. b4 {Now things start to get exciting!} axb4 18. axb4 Qxb4 19. Bd2 (19. Nxe6 {is probably better, but Treysman has a lot f faith that his N on g5 will prove valuable in an attack. In any case, after 19. Nxe6 it's a wild ride!} Rxe6 20. Bg5 Rde8 21. Bd5 Ra6 22. Rb1 Qc3 23. Qe4 c6 { White has to sacrifice his B, but he gets compensation.} 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Rxb7+ Kg8 26. h5 d3 27. hxg6 dxe2 28. Qxe2 hxg6 (28... Nxg6 29. Qxe8+ Nf8 30. Qf7+ Kh8 31. Qxf8#) 29. Be7 Ra1 30. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 31. Kh2 Qd4 {The position is equal.}) 19... Qc5 20. h5 {Inferior is 20.Bxb7 as there is no time to be grabbing insignificant P’s.} (20. Bxb7 Bg4 $19 {[%eval -276,21] [%wdl 0,0, 1000] [%emt 0:00:07] Xxg4 Bxe2} 21. Bd5 c6 22. Bg2 Bxe2 23. Rfe1 d3 24. Qc3 Ng4 {and it's black who is winning.}) 20... Nf8 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Bf4 Ng4 {Adams was standing ever so slightly better here, but with this move he appears to be persuing an attack that does not exist.} (22... Nxc4 {keeps the chances equal after} 23. Bd3 b5) 23. Be4 f6 24. Nf3 Bg8 {While not really bad Adams has a flawed plan in mind.} (24... Bd7 {making room for the N...} 25. Bxb7 Ne6 26. Bd2 c6 27. Ra1 Ne5 {is equal.}) (24... b6 {keeping the P was also quite playable.} 25. Qd3 Bf7 26. Bg6 Nxg6 27. hxg6 Be6 {The position is equal.}) 25. Bg6 $14 Bh7 {The apparently brilliant point of his last move!} 26. Kg2 { [%mdl 8192] Treysman missed the point of Adans' last move.} (26. Bxh7 {keeps the upper hand.} Nxh7 27. Qg6 Ne5 28. Bxe5 fxe5 29. Rb1 e4 30. Rb5 Qd6 31. Nh4 {with no more than a slight advantage.}) 26... Re7 {Adams missed the point of his last move also!! 26...Nxg6 was very, very good, but things would get wildly complicated, so it's hard to be too critical of Adams move.} (26... Nxg6 27. hxg6 d3 28. exd3 Bxg6 29. Rfd1 Qc6 30. Rd2 Bh5 31. d4 {Now comes a clever tactic...} Ne5 32. dxe5 Bxf3+ 33. Kh2 Rxd2 34. Qxd2 fxe5 35. Bg5 Rf8 36. Rc3 Rf5 37. Bh4 e4 38. Qd8+ Kh7 {Black has what should be a won ending.}) 27. Qd3 Ne5 {After this logical looking move, things start to go bad for Adams.} (27... Qc6 28. Rh1 Kg8 29. Rh4 {with an absolutely crazy position. In Shootouts white scored +1 -0 =4}) 28. Nxe5 fxe5 29. Bg5 {[%mdl 32]} e4 30. Bxe7 exd3 {After this the outcome is no longer in doubt.} (30... Qxe7 31. Qb3 Nxg6 32. hxg6 Bxg6 33. Rh1+ Kg8 34. Rh4 {White is very close to winning.}) 31. Bxc5 dxe2 32. Rfe1 d3 {At first glance things look grim for White, but Treysman has everything under control.} 33. Be7 Ra8 {White is a R up after 33...d2} (33... d2 34. Bxd8 Nxg6 35. hxg6 Bxg6 36. Bg5 Be4+ 37. f3 dxc1=Q 38. Bxc1 Bd3 39. c5) 34. Bxd3 Bxd3 35. Bxf8 Rxf8 {[%mdl 4096]} 36. Rc3 Rd8 37. Kf3 b5 38. cxb5 Bxb5 39. Rxc7 Rd3+ 40. Kf4 Rd1 41. Rc1 Ba4 (41... Rd4+ {makes things a bit more complicated for white.} 42. Kf3 Rd2 43. Ke3 Rd3+ 44. Kf4 (44. Kxe2 Rxg3+ 45. Kd2 Rd3+ 46. Kc2 Rf3 {would be a draw.}) 44... Rd4+ 45. Ke3 Rd3+ 46. Ke4 Rd2 47. g4 Kg8 ( 47... Ba4 48. Ke3) 48. f3 Ra2 49. Kf5 Ra4 50. g5 (50. Kg5 Ra6 51. Kf4 Ra3 52. Rc2 Kf7 53. Rcxe2 Bxe2 54. Rxe2 {wih a won ending.}) 50... Rh4 51. Rc8+ Kf7 52. g6+ Ke7 53. Kg5 {wins}) 42. Rc8+ Kh7 43. Rxe2 {Black resigned.} 1-0